History Recap / TheBigBangTheoryS10E2TheMilitaryMiniaturization

* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Colonel Williams refers to " the [[Franchise/StarWars Death Star]] from ''Franchise/StarTrek''."

Last week, Howard and Raj received a call from an Air Force Colonel. The gang discusses the implications if their guidance system is taken over by the military. Bernadette doesn't want anyone at the office to know about her pregnancy.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: To Leonard and Howard's dismay and fury, Sheldon blurts out to Colonel Williams that they will have the gyroscope done in two months instead of four months, whilst disobeying Leonard and Howard's order that Sheldon is not allowed to speak. Needless to say, they were still mad at him in the next episode.

-->'''Penny:''' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar I learned something different.]]

* RunningGag: The guys playing with the retinal scanner at their new lab.
* TheSpeechless: This is what Leonard and Howard want Sheldon to do during the meeting, because they claim when he talks, he enrages people. During the meeting, Sheldon does it well, until Colonel Williams says several things which Sheldon silently freaks out, until he finally explodes by claiming to have the project done in two months, before introducing himself and correcting the said things before thanking him in his service by saluting him. Leonard and Howard weren't fond of that afterwards.

* TheSpeechless: This is what Leonard and Howard want Sheldon to during the meeting, because they claim when he talks, he enrages people. During the meeting, Sheldon does it well, until Colonel Williams says several things which Sheldon silently freaks out, until he finally explodes by claiming to have the project done in two months, before introducing himself and correcting the said things before thanking him in his service by saluting him. Leonard and Howard weren't fond of that afterwards.

* RunningGag: The guys playing with the retinal scanner at their new lab.

* RantInducingSlight: When Colonel Williams comes to set the four month deadline for the gyroscope, Sheldon finally breaks his literal silence by stating to have it done in two months. After Sheldon finished speaking to Colonel Williams, Leonard and Howard clearly weren't fond with that.
-->'''Colonel Williams''': Well, I ran it by some colleagues at MIT, and they thought they could get it done in four months.\\
'''Howard''': Four months?\\
'''Sheldon''': Yeah, we’ll do it in two. Hi. I’m Dr. Sheldon Cooper. I’m the actual brains behind this project. Also, engineers aren’t real scientists, MIT’s a trade school, and the Death Star is from Star Wars, not Star Trek. But otherwise, thank you for your service.

* EverythingsWorseWithBees: Raj isn't in on the meeting. There's a bee in his office.

-->'''Penny:''' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar I learned something different]].
* InsufferableGenius : Discussed. When it's suggested they get a lawyer, Sheldon says they don't need one, because they have him.

-->'''Leonard:''' So some alien kid paid money for my glasses and inhaler upgrade?

Last week, Howard and Raj received a call from a general. The gang discusses the implications if their guidance system is taken over by the military. Bernadette doesn't want anyone at the office to know about her pregnancy.

* EverythingsWorseWithBees : Raj isn't in on the meeting. There's a bee in his office.
* GroinAttack : Discussed.
--> Bernadette: I learned when you're four-foot-eleven and eye level with every guy's crotch, that's where you punch.
--> Penny: [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar I learned something different]].

* LiteralMinded : When told not to "sign anything," Sheldon asks if he were to make a painting, would he be forbidden to sign it?
* LoopholeAbuse : When Sheldon is forbidden to speak in the meeting, he tries to find a way around it by using text-to-speech software.
* RootingForTheEmpire : Sheldon is excited about becoming a "cog" in the military wheel.
* RunningGag : Sheldon doesn't think engineers (or MIT grads) are real scientists.